Shufflestuck Mod Blog

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Shufflestuck is still looking for an artist to help get this story going. To help encourage and hopefully spark some interest, I've added a picture of the 12 sprites of the trolls of this story. Obviously, all the writing in the world that I do can't bring this story any closer to completion. Kylin did a great job with the concept art, but we have been out of touch for quite some time, and I'd really like to get this story moving. If anyone has any questions, feel free to drop an ask or otherwise contact me.

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On the subject of getting Shufflestuck going...

Making a fan adventure is tough. Making one in an even remotely timely manner is even tougher. This has quickly turned into more than a two-person job. And so, Shufflestuck is looking for a second artist to work with Kylin and get this story rolling! If you're interested, drop an ask and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.

All art styles are welcome, but ideally we're looking for something close to that central 'style' that Homestuck has. So if you want to send us some samples of your work, that'd be even better, and help us understand where to start.

So, if you're interested, have questions, or just know someone who might be, please don't hesitate! Let us know! Help us make Shufflstuck a reality!

-Dan

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It took a while, but I promised you guys a peek into the 12 trolls of this adventure. We're starting smack dab in the middle of the hemospectrum with this dapper young man.

Jadebloods are almost exclusively women, with their caste being in charge of managing the raising of grubs and propogation of the species. In the case of Malent Dolton, he was born with a different purpose. Jadeblood men are tasked with the propogation of Lusi and more imporantly, more mother grubs. As such, an ancient insectoid beast known only as the "Grubfather" has chosen to be Malent's lusus.

Iif yoouu waant too leeaarn mooree, yoouu'll siimply haavee too waaiit......

-Dan

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Progress

So, if anyone was questioning the complete silence from this blog, that doesn't mean that we've stopped working on it. Though admittedly, progress has been rather slow. But, to tide you all over and hopefully get you all excited, I'll start releasing little intro tidbits of the 12 main characters of Shufflestuck, so keep an eye out for them! I'll be posting the first one shortly... as soon as I decide on who to start with.

-Dan

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Sooo..... oops

Yeah, if anyone was wondering what the heck happened and why there's been no updates or anything like that recently.... I seem to have lost the original password we used for this tumblr. Oops. But we're back now and progress shall continue! Wheeee

-Dan

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A little teaser

So, 12 new trolls... I bet you guys are really excited to hear who they are?

Well, too bad, I'm saving that little tidbit for later. For now, I'll let you know their ancestors, and of course, I'll leave them out of any order, so no trying to guess blood colors!

Yes, I'm evil, you're welcome

The Wanderer The Hireling Dreadjaw The Mechanic The Huntress The Inventor The Creation Deephook The Frenzied The Promulge The Wheelman Massacro the Bloodied

Enjoy your speculations!

--Dan

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Who are these Douchebags?

So, I think it's about time we introduce ourselves. I'll let Kylin do her own introduction. But I figure I'll give you a bit of background on how this all began while I'm at it.

I'm Dan, I'm the writer and original creator of Shufflestuck (though it'd be unfair if I didn't say that Kylin has contributed more than enough to consider herself a creator as well). I first read homestuck about a year ago, I think (has it really been that long?) I remember that I had finally caught up just in time for the scratch.

Anyway, I've always had an interest in writing, and I'm actually also working a full novel of my own (but I won't shamelessly plug, it's not even close to done). I'm also a huge fan of video games, computers, and... well, pretty much anything else nerdy. While I might not be acquainted with all of the big ones yet, I haven't met a fandom I didn't like, and that goes double for Homestuck.

The concept of Shufflestuck actually began with just one or two fantrolls (I'll let you guys guess which ones), and from there, I just decided. "I've already got a few, why not just make a full 12 fantrolls?" So I eventually did, adn I was pretty satisfied. But now I had all these characters... but nothing to do with them. I'm certainly not artistic enough to draw them, and just writing a story wouldn't really be enough, considering the medium of Homestuck. So, I came up with the idea of Shufflestuck.

I needed an artist, and did I find a great one! I just popped a message onto Kylin's tumblr after noticing some of her work, and she was just as enthusiastic as I was! I'll leave her story to her, though.

Anyway, this post has started to get pretty long winded, any longer and I might have to start throwing in some 6's and 9's just to seem normally long. If you see a post from me, chances are it's related to the plot or characters directly, so be warned that some may have spoilers. THIS IS YOUR WARNING NOW. Alongside Kylin's concept art, I'll start posting concept dialogues and various things like that. They won't be canon, but they might give you some insight into the characters, or into my thought process. Or just at some ideas that were scrapped.

--Dan

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What is Shufflestuck?

Shufflestuck is a fan adventure based on the universe of Homestuck on mspaintadventures.com

If you haven't read it or even heard of it, I highly reccomend that you go check it out. Now, if you already knew about all that...

Let me tell you about Shufflestuck:

Shufflestuck takes place in the same universe as the canon story, beginning with 12 troll friends, spanning the hemospectrum. While these trolls may technically live on the same planet as the canon trolls, they don't really interact or interfere with each other. After all, Alternia's a big planet, and they don't really have a reason to give a fuck about each other.

Shufflestuck is a story of mistakes, developing an entirely unique story from the canon because of the mistakes that each character makes. All the concepts that you know and love about Homestuck will be there. Skaia and Strife, Sylladexes and Shipping, and maybe even things that don't start with the letter s!

Shufflestuck is still in it's early writing phases, but it's currently in progress and will be posted up on mspfanventures.com before you know it! So we just ask that you sit tight, enjoy the ride, and if you have any questions, the ask box is always open.

--Daniel